Dr. Luther Oconer
Associate Professor of Global Wesleyan Theology
Dr. Luther Oconer is an Associate Professor of Global Wesleyan Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary and an ordained elder in the Mega Manila Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church, where he serves as Conference Superintendent. He has authored numerous book chapters and journal articles on the history of global Methodism, the intersection of revival and missions, and the theological and historical connections between Methodism and Pentecostalism. In 2017, he published Spirit-Filled Protestantism: Holiness-Pentecostal Revivals and the Making of Filipino Methodist Identity, which received the Wesleyan Theological Society’s Timothy L. Smith and Mildred Bangs Wynkoop Book of the Year Award in 2018.
Dr. Oconer previously served on the faculty of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, where he directed the Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage. He teaches in the areas of Methodist Studies, the Holiness Movement, the Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement, and church renewal. He earned his Ph.D. in Wesleyan/Methodist Studies from Drew University in 2009.
Deeply committed to spiritual renewal, Dr. Oconer regularly preaches on the work of the Holy Spirit and revival in the United States and internationally. He has also served churches in the Philippines, New Jersey, and Alaska. He is married to Marion, and they have two children, Ilana and Wesley.